Name: Harold “Bucky” Vreeland dies at his Beaver Island home, 2005
Start: 2005-12-21
End: 2005-12-21
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-12-21
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathmigrationreligioncommunityirish-arranmorecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Harold “Bucky” Vreeland died at his Beaver Island home on December 21, 2005. He and Eugenia moved permanently to the Island in 1980 after seasonal residence, and the obituary also records his Air Force service, Holy Cross membership, and repeated stays in Feakle, Ireland.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the newspaper obituary; it is not a complete biographical or Irish-residence record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum topic 504, "Bucky" Vreeland RIP," December 24–25, 2005.
A contemporaneous community post reproduces Vreeland's obituary, including his Beaver Island residence, Ireland connection, World War II service, Holy Cross funeral, and ties to the Wildlife Club and District Library. The January Beacon obituary remains the stronger held local source.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000504
Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Harold W. Bucky Vreeland 1921–2005."
Obituary reports Harold Vreeland's December 21 death at his Beaver Island home, December 27 Mass at Holy Cross, 1980 permanent move to the Island, earlier seasonal residence, half-year stays in Feakle, Ireland, military service, and community affiliations. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the obituary and photograph.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Harold “Bucky” Vreeland dies at his Beaver Island home, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harold-bucky-vreeland-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum topic 504, "Bucky" Vreeland RIP," December 24–25, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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